An empirical algorithm for estimating agricultural and riparian evapotranspiration using MODIS enhanced vegetation index and ground measurements of ET. II. application to the lower Colorado river, U.S.

Remote Sensing

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1125-1138

  Murray, R Scott ^a   Nagler, Pamela L ^a   Morino, Kiyomi ^a   Glenn, Edward P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumptive water use; Evaporative fraction; Remote sensing; Saltcedar; Transpiration

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; ANNUAL FLOW; COLORADO RIVER; CROP COEFFICIENT; CROP EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; EMPIRICAL ALGORITHMS; ENHANCED VEGETATION INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL NEEDS; EVAPORATIVE FRACTION; EXPERT OPINION; GROUND MEASUREMENTS; IRRIGATED CROPS; IRRIGATION DISTRICTS; LINEAR REGRESSION EQUATION; MODIS SENSORS; REMOTE SENSING DATA; RIPARIAN AREAS; RIPARIAN PLANTS; RIPARIAN VEGETATION; SALTCEDAR; SATELLITE DATA; TERRA SATELLITES; WATER LOSS; WATER USE;

ALGORITHMS; CROPS; ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; IRRIGATION; RADIOMETERS; REMOTE SENSING; RIVERS; WATER SUPPLY; WETLANDS;

VEGETATION;

EID: 78449295263     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20724292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/rs1041125     Document Type: Article

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